The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.


D. F. Whitcomb superintendent Of the Union
tracks and Belt road is decidedly better and was able
TO leave his room for short time yesterday
9. Hine, assistant passenger and ticket agent OF
the Nypano, accompanied by his wife, has gone
South in search of health, and viii be absent several
months.
EThe L. N. A. & c. have received six of the eighteen
new heavy freight engines they have contracted for
and four already in service and handling hand
somely forty loaded cars.
The classification of whisky has been changed IN
the Central Traffic Association district to make
reduction of o cents per barrel in small lots and
cents per barrel in carload lots.
1t is the general impression at Chicago, says the
Times. that Judge T. NJ Cooley can have place upon
ahe Railway Commission if he desires and that he is
inclined to view the offer with favor.
J. T. Everest, the genial and wide-awake southern
passenger agent of the Chicago, milwaukee, ST. Psul
road was in the city yesterday; ALSO Tom Barry VINO
represents the Baltimore & Ohio in this territory.
The continuous brake already in use on so many
freight trains is already creating demand for larger
wheels for the nogul and consolidation engines In use
the sal wheels being equal to the speed require
ments.
Florida rates have been reduced at all points except
indianapolis to the fare way for the round trip.
For some reason passenger men of Southern lines
are slow in catching and giving lndanapolitans the
benefit of low rates.
1t is stated that in the year 1856 of the total ton
of freight moved by rail Pennsylvania leads fur
nishing fourth of the tonnage handled in the Unit
ed States New York comes next. after which come
Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey and Indiana
II is understood that President Corbns visit South
the LIST of March will not be exclusively to seek
but that it viii be also for the purpose of making
investigations concerning Southern systems OF rail-
road, particularly the Norfolk g. Western.
Increasing the speed of freight trains will be the
drive the part of the leading railroads. said
ID official yesterday He expressed the belief that
Two years from now the schedule time for through
Weight trains would be twenty-five miles per hour.
Grade crossings and stoves IN receiving
Ghe special attention of the Legislature of Pennsyl
xanis- Both important questions and somewhat
difficult to solve, especially grade crossings. This
matter should have received attention before the roads
were built
limited to March 81. The probability is growing
stronger that mileage books will be abolished and
twocent per mile for all classes of travel estab
shed with extra charge when party rides in par
lor-car or sleeping-coach.
The c.. H. & D. people claim that when they have
their new line between Richmond and point on the
Cincinnati Wabash g. Michigan road completed and
connecting with the Chicago 81 Atlantic at Bolivar
they will have e shortest line between Cincinnati &
'hicago by som tvelve miles.
- The Indianar rolling mill has been fred up to
dry the fsT and to test their qualities and in
few days the mil will be in full operation. Unless
one has visited the mill he is not aware of the extern
eive improvements which have been made The plant
pas cost to the present time well on to $1,000
It is stated.
The f. e. T H. is hauling away from the Alum-cave
mines daily Increasing the output of COAL and very
shortly additional train will be put Thus far
al the coal lifted has been sent to Chicago the G.
IL T. |. The product of these mines is said to be of
excellent quality any lifted in the coalfelds of
western Indiana.
A commissioner of one of the Chicago pools, in
mentng on his retirement it's probability on April
A. after service of number of years, remarked
that the only satisfactory part of the duties connected
with the place the receipt of large salary and he
he'd earned that in playing the role of for the
sontending managers.
When practical appliance like the Miller coupler
pr the Westinghouse brake is provided. the railways
ut adopt it. And so they will do with regard to
heating as the true remedy for the pres
snt difficulty has been found. In this connection
some impatience with the boosted advance of the
century seems justifaole
Superintendent Woodard of the H. N. A. Sc c. in
his annual report to the directors stated that if they
would give him twenty miles more of sdetrack and
plenty of power. he would guarantee that the H. N.
A. q G. road would earn fixed charges, operating
penses and leave surplus to pay per cent. per an
mum dividend on the stock.
Efforts are being made in Pittsburg by number OF
large shippers to form an organization which will
take ih the shippers in the State. Their object is
mutual protection in seeing that the railroad cornpa
mics eA1 fairy with their shippers In furnishing them
= s-essssins.n the f fufllmeut Of the terms
OF IN aterstHte-commelce bill.
c. or General 7. F. Quimby. of Rochester
has entered remarkable suit against the New York,
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company, stating his
damage at 81 900, because. having been invited to
attend the unwilling of the Bartholdi statue the en-
CINE of his train disabled and he didn't get there
till most of the fun over, six hours after the ad
Nertised time.
the city depots commenced yesterday by the In
saianapois Weighing Association. The general weigh
several
epots and that all the roads act honoraby in the
snatter. At the depots of the Pennsylvania lines and
at the Decline depots weighing of outgoing freight.
1as been practiced for some months with the most
gratifying results i'll the way of increase of revenue
The long freight trains of the j., M. & L. the Z 8
g.. and the e.. IL. L. continue to the UnioI
Cracks blockading streets and interfering with tn,
Improvements in progress. 1t might be well FOL
Che City Council to take the after up, the Unor
a,lway Company seems poEerie1s to take steps OF
afey handle the local freghts in addition to the pas
fenger trains, limited is the room about th'
anion Depot.
Eago voted to hereafter dispense with the publ
cation of weekly statements of shipments of flour
grain. etc. 1t argued that If prepared
bv the respective roads there would be publication
he statements will doubtless be made hereafter on
81 will make little more work for the reporters t.
SO secure chem These statements show the pulse 0
business, and the newspapers very properly publish
Shem as currentnews.
The railroad editor of the Cleveland Leader is some
%hat cranky in his ideas of the new law. He says
s'The intersta' e-commerce bill will build wall ter
eu,ts thick and forty cubits high around every Stat
AZ the Union" Business with enough vitality to
mount this impedirnent he thinks will circulate from
State to State usual but considerable amour
will be diverted to points within the borders of +h
State where 1T originates, and some may be annih
lated and the tendency he says will undoubtedly be
favor State traffic and to discourage interstate traffic
j. NJ Brown general ticket and passenger agent q
Ene Western Atlantic wrote to his father, who is
of the United States s. majors well president
s}his road for instructions regards issuing mileag
tickets and passes, now that the interstatecommerc
bill is practically law. Senator Brown instructe
him to continue to issue mileage tickets and compl
tnentary passes to persons whom he thought wise t
thus favor, good for sixty days for the 1881
but in no case to issue pass to influence business
Legislation after the date fixed for the law go
effect.
The numerous friends in this section Of Charles {
Ecull who formerly with the Pennsylvania line
Rnd who recently accepted the position of chief cler
in the Office of G. X. Lord general passenger agent
the Baltimore & Ohio roa2v will be gratifsd to lear
that Charley has been appointed assistant gener,
passenger agent of the b. & o. That his qualification
were such as to entitle him to this promotion on
who is acquainted with him will question But fe,
young posted in all details of the passenge
business to the extent that Mr.. Soul is Then he ha